In this study, a character education program was developed using brain education techniques for the purpose of improving empathetic abilities and pro-social behaviors of inclusive class students in high school and the effect of the program was verifie...
In this study, a character education program was developed using brain education techniques for the purpose of improving empathetic abilities and pro-social behaviors of inclusive class students in high school and the effect of the program was verified. For this, an experimental group was organized tar geting t he s tudents o f o ne i nclusive c lass i n t he s econd y ear of P h igh school located in P city (13 students without disabilities and 1 student with intellectual disability, character education program using brain education techniques a pplied) a nd t he c har acter education p r ogr am w as a pplied t o t he group. The experimental group was provided with the character education pr ogr am using b r ain education t echniques f or 40 minutes p er session t wice a week b y a total of 1 8 times. T hen, the effect of t he p r ogr am w as v er ified through pre and post tests. The result of the analysis indicated that the character education program using brain education techniques exerted significant impact on empathetic abilities and pro-social behaviors of students without disabilities in the experimental group. In detail, the students displayed a significant increase in the empathetic interest in terms of empathetic abilities and in the behaviors of consoling, helping and protecting in terms of pro-social behaviors. At the same time, through a qualitative analysis of students with and without disabilities in the experimental group, a more positive change was observed in terms of psychological, emotional and behavioral aspects of the students. These results suggest that character education program using brain education techniques exer ts a p ositive impact o n t he behavior s of i nclusive c lass students t o understand, respect and give consideration to each other`s diversity, and thus impr oves t he q uality o f l ife o f s tudents w ith a nd w ithout d isabilities a nd, ultimately, can be used as a character education program to achieve social integration in the future.